Adam Kuczma

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Adam Kuczma (born March 1, 1924 in Petrykiw (Ternopil) ; † September 24, 2017 ) was a Polish Methodist clergyman, superintendent of the Methodist Church of Poland , President of the English-speaking University of Warsaw and President of the Polish World Council of Churches .

Live and act

Kuczma was born near Tarnopol , a city that is now part of Ukraine . He grew up in the Pentecostal Church . When he was 19 years old, the Russians sent him to a labor camp in Siberia . He related his story to another Methodist minister:

“One evening while his family was gathering at dinner, soldiers broke into the house, looked around, pointed to him as the youngest and strongest person in the room, and gestured with a wave of the hand to be with them. He didn't know whether they were taking him to kill him or if they were drafted into soldiers, he had no idea whether he would ever see his family again. When he got up to say goodbye, his father pushed a narrow Polish Bible into his hand. "

- Adam Kuczma

He later reported that God had miraculously helped him and brought him back to Poland, where he became head of the Methodist Church.

Adam Kuczma worked for 30 years as pastor and superintendent of the Polish Methodist Churches.

Kuczma was a member of the Christian Peace Conference .

In 1998, at the age of 75, he was honored by the Polish state and the Methodist churches for his service to his people. The Polish national television broadcast a 25-minute documentary about his life and work. Even after retirement, he preached and encouraged other young pastors to preach.

Kuszma was the President of the English Language University of Warsaw from 1970 to 1990 and President of the Polish Ecumenical Council (PRE) from 1986 to 1991. In 2006 he gave the sermon at the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the PRE.

publication

  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help, St. Catharines

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unknown title. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 1, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fumcbirmingham.org
  2. ↑ http://www.mountaintimes.com/mtweekly/2007/0906/survivor.php3
  3. ↑ Historia najstarszej w Polsce szkoły języka angielskiego ( Memento from August 10, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ http://www.ekumenizm.pl/article.php?story=20061115104921394
  5. ↑ Unknown title. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on March 1, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.romancatholic.niagara.on.ca
personal data
SURNAME Kuczma, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish Methodist theologian, President of the World Council of Churches in Poland
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Petrykiv (Ternopil)
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 2017